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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
To: Roland Dreier <rdreier-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <error27-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Roland Dreier <rolandd-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Hal Rosenstock
	<hal.rosenstock-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	kernel-janitors-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [patch v4] infiniband: uverbs: handle large number of entries
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:13:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101125041337.GA11049@obsidianresearch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <adad3pugi90.fsf-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:05:47PM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:

>  > So if you are worried about how many times ib_poll_cq is called then
>  > bound the kzalloc size and wrap the whole thing in a loop, but
>  > realistically I have to think the performance trade off of
>  > kzalloc/free vs calling ib_poll more often is not entirely obvious.
> 
> That's true... maybe doing things one at a time but avoiding the allocs
> is the right tradeoff.

Hmm, considering your list is everything but Mellanox, maybe it makes
much more sense to push the copy_to_user down into the driver - 
ie a ibv_poll_cq_user - then the driver can construct each CQ entry on
the stack and copy it to userspace, avoid the double copy, allocation
and avoid any fixed overhead of ibv_poll_cq.

A bigger change to be sure, but remember this old thread:

http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org/msg05114.html

2x improvement by removing allocs on the post path..

Jason
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-25  4:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-07  7:16 [patch] infiniband: uverbs: limit the number of entries Dan Carpenter
2010-10-07 16:16 ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]   ` <20101007161649.GD21206-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-07 16:59     ` Dan Carpenter
2010-10-08  7:59       ` Nicolas Palix
     [not found]         ` <AANLkTin5zou2JHsdDyhGESuxyPonOs3kLo9Th0vg-kd8-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-08 14:25           ` [patch v2] " Dan Carpenter
2010-10-09 23:16       ` [patch] " Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]         ` <20101009231607.GA24649-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-12 11:31           ` [patch v3] infiniband: uverbs: handle large " Dan Carpenter
2010-10-12 21:01             ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]               ` <20101012210118.GR24268-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-13  9:05                 ` Dan Carpenter
2010-10-13  9:13                 ` [patch v4] " Dan Carpenter
2010-11-23  7:10                   ` Dan Carpenter
2010-11-24 22:07                     ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]                       ` <adahbf6gytv.fsf-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-24 22:18                         ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                           ` <20101124221845.GH2369-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-25  4:05                             ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]                               ` <adad3pugi90.fsf-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-25  4:13                                 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
     [not found]                                   ` <20101125041337.GA11049-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-25 15:00                                     ` ibv_post_send/recv kernel path optimizations (was: uverbs: handle large number of entries) Or Gerlitz
     [not found]                                       ` <4CEE7A22.2040706-smomgflXvOZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-26 11:56                                         ` Walukiewicz, Miroslaw
     [not found]                                           ` <BE2BFE91933D1B4089447C644860408064B44854-IGOiFh9zz4wLt2AQoY/u9bfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-01  8:11                                             ` ibv_post_send/recv kernel path optimizations Or Gerlitz
     [not found]                                               ` <4CF60343.7050602-smomgflXvOZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-08 12:14                                                 ` Walukiewicz, Miroslaw
     [not found]                                                   ` <BE2BFE91933D1B4089447C64486040806673CF38-IGOiFh9zz4wLt2AQoY/u9bfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-08 18:30                                                     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2010-12-08 19:04                                                     ` Roland Dreier
2010-12-14 14:12                                                 ` Walukiewicz, Miroslaw
     [not found]                                                   ` <BE2BFE91933D1B4089447C644860408066ABCF66-IGOiFh9zz4wLt2AQoY/u9bfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-14 18:17                                                     ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                                                       ` <20101214181735.GA2506-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-27 12:38                                                         ` Or Gerlitz
     [not found]                                                           ` <4D1888CB.2010101-hKgKHo2Ms0FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-27 15:18                                                             ` Walukiewicz, Miroslaw
     [not found]                                                               ` <BE2BFE91933D1B4089447C644860408066C547E0-IGOiFh9zz4wLt2AQoY/u9bfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-27 15:22                                                                 ` Or Gerlitz
     [not found]                                                                   ` <4D18AF2D.1010109-smomgflXvOZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-27 15:40                                                                     ` Walukiewicz, Miroslaw
2011-01-05 18:16                                                                 ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]                                                                   ` <ada4o9nfc6e.fsf-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-01-10 14:15                                                                     ` Walukiewicz, Miroslaw
     [not found]                                                                       ` <BE2BFE91933D1B4089447C644860408066DDDF31-IGOiFh9zz4wLt2AQoY/u9bfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2011-01-10 20:38                                                                         ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]                                                                           ` <adawrmc7av2.fsf-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-01-21 11:41                                                                             ` Walukiewicz, Miroslaw
     [not found]                                                                               ` <BE2BFE91933D1B4089447C644860408066F95285-IGOiFh9zz4wLt2AQoY/u9bfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2011-01-21 15:49                                                                                 ` Hefty, Sean
     [not found]                                                                                   ` <CF9C39F99A89134C9CF9C4CCB68B8DDF25C1D51C31-osO9UTpF0USkrb+BlOpmy7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2011-01-24 17:03                                                                                     ` Walukiewicz, Miroslaw

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